Topic: Stxxxth microphones (besides omni's)

[darktrain]

All that being said i have recorded "not so open" with dpa4061, hlsc's, 853's, dpa4021 , schoeps mk4, etc and size of the mic is not a issue, be creative and its not a problem for any of these, one thing i will say is as soon as i stopped using clips to attach the mics somewhere on myself the recordings became much better.

[shadowfax1007]

All that being said i have recorded "not so open" with dpa4061, hlsc's, 853's, dpa4021 , schoeps mk4, etc and size of the mic is not a issue, be creative and its not a problem for any of these, one thing i will say is as soon as i stopped using clips to attach the mics somewhere on myself the recordings became much better.

Can you elaborate on that clip comment? I find I get more handling noise not using clips but attaching them to my body via tape, elastic etc.

[F.O.Bean]

All that being said i have recorded "not so open" with dpa4061, hlsc's, 853's, dpa4021 , schoeps mk4, etc and size of the mic is not a issue, be creative and its not a problem for any of these, one thing i will say is as soon as i stopped using clips to attach the mics somewhere on myself the recordings became much better.

Can you elaborate on that clip comment? I find I get more handling noise not using clips but attaching them to my body via tape, elastic etc.

Yes, please do elaborate

[Cheesecadet]

Omnis, Gaff Tape, HRTF = Yum

[hi and lo]

baseball hat + bobby pins + omni's = win.

Clips have always sucked for me.

[mfrench]

please do elaborate for the stupid fucks that are too lazy, and, stupid to take a moment to figure this stuff out for themselves.
why not let the world know about stealth??
dipshits

[F.O.Bean]

please do elaborate for the stupid fucks that are too lazy, and, stupid to take a moment to figure this stuff out for themselves.
why not let the world know about stealth??
dipshits

give it a rest grandpa

[Gutbucket]

DPA 4081 Supercardioids..

http://www.dpamicrophones.com/en/products.aspx?c=Item&category=129&item=24376

First line of the description-

The DPA 4081 Supercardioid Miniature Microphone is a high quality directional condenser microphone primarily intended to use for ultra-low profile, discreet recordings in the field..

I asked DPA and was told that other than the gooseneck and senstivity the 4081 and 4098 are identical.
4098 = 20 mV/Pa; -34 dB re. 1 V/Pa (same as 4060)
4081 = 6 mV/Pa; -44 dB re. 1 V/Pa (same as 4061)


Figure out how to use it on your own.

[F.O.Bean]

DPA 4081 Supercardioids..

http://www.dpamicrophones.com/en/products.aspx?c=Item&category=129&item=24376

First line of the description-

The DPA 4081 Supercardioid Miniature Microphone is a high quality directional condenser microphone primarily intended to use for ultra-low profile, discreet recordings in the field..

I asked DPA and was told that other than the gooseneck and senstivity the 4081 and 4098 are identical.
4098 = 20 mV/Pa; -34 dB re. 1 V/Pa (same as 4060)
4081 = 6 mV/Pa; -44 dB re. 1 V/Pa (same as 4061)


Figure out how to use it on your own.

Why have I never heard of these before How much is a pair?

[achalsey]

The DPA 4081 Supercardioid Miniature Microphone is a high quality directional condenser microphone primarily intended to use for ultra-low profile, discreet recordings in the field..

Even DPA is advertising stealth  , talking about it here can't do that much more damage.

[Gutbucket]

The DPA 4081 Supercardioid Miniature Microphone is a high quality directional condenser microphone primarily intended to use for ultra-low profile, discreet recordings in the field..

Even DPA is advertising stealth  , talking about it here can't do that much more damage.

equipment, not technique.

[acidjack]

DPA 4081 Supercardioids (I actually have the 4099s cut out of their mounts, the 4081 is a better way to go now) fit in a croakie.  They even fit in a croakie with a pair of DPA omnis along side, which allows you to record 4-track and then mix the bass from the omnis with the cardioids.  I have been doing this for over two years and I don't know anything small that comes anywhere near this.  Alone, the 4081/4099s are the best sounding small directional mics I have heard (I've tried MM, AT, SP, others too).

Jeff

Just curious - how do those DPA 4081s sound on their own?  Even though they're DPA I would assume they'd sound terrible in terms of the low end, just because of the natural limitations of making a small hyper, though I'm sure the rest of the signal sounds nice and DPA-like.... Mixing them with the 4061 is a great idea.

[mfrench]

The DPA 4081 Supercardioid Miniature Microphone is a high quality directional condenser microphone primarily intended to use for ultra-low profile, discreet recordings in the field..

Even DPA is advertising stealth  , talking about it here can't do that much more damage.

equipment, not technique.

That does not equate to stealthing.  I openly recorded, very discreetly (w/ DPA compact mics), for the last decade, because I was in front of intimate chamber ensembles and audiences that don't appreciate having sight lines blocked with big gear; and/or, I don't want to attract players union/guild attention to the fact that I'm recording union players without a contract.
So I chose to do my field recordings with small discreet microphones that obscured the sight lines to the minimum, and drew the least attention.

[WiFiJeff]

Just curious - how do those DPA 4081s sound on their own?  Even though they're DPA I would assume they'd sound terrible in terms of the low end, just because of the natural limitations of making a small hyper, though I'm sure the rest of the signal sounds nice and DPA-like.... Mixing them with the 4061 is a great idea.

They do not sound bad at all.  In my view not as good as Schoeps MK4 in similar use, though a friend who uses MK4s (with active cables > LimoSax > SD702) thinks they are, and he has one of the highest end audiophile systems for playback I know of.  I mix with 4063s, actually, because the Sonosax MiniR82 will power those mic-in, I use the 4099s with an MMA6000 preamp to go line-in.

Jeff

[George]

please do elaborate for the stupid fucks that are too lazy, and, stupid to take a moment to figure this stuff out for themselves.
why not let the world know about stealth??
dipshits

Ya know, I was going to write up a really long post, but why bother?  You're an absolute waste of time. 

EDIT: to the rest, thanks for the posts and comments on models I've probably never heard of.  Time to search the archive for samples.